Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has denied claims that he and club captain John Terry had fallen out, according to The Independent.
Former Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard claimed the pair had fallen out “behind the scenes,” while working as a pundit for BT Sport.
He said:
There’s certainly a bit of friction behind the scenes because for me, you play John Terry week in, week out, he’s your captain. He’s such an important figure in the dressing room and if Chelsea want to be successful this season, they need him there.
However, Mourinho hit back at the comments after seeing his side bounce back from defeat to Everton with a 4-0 victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in their opening group game in the UEFA Champions League.
Steven is wrong. I have a very good relationship with him [Terry]. Sometimes we contact by SMS. But he’s wrong, because we have no problems.
Goals from Willian, Oscar, Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas saw Chelsea recover from their poor start to the Premier League season with a morale boosting victory against the Israeli side, as well as keeping their first clean sheet of the season.
And Mourinho insisted he’s feeling fantastic, despite an inconsistent start to the season, whilst also praising the fans for their support.
I am a fantastic manager when I win matches and I am a fantastic manager when I lose matches. I forgot the feeling. For so long we don’t win a game, so good, a good feeling. I prefer that than they [the fans] say ‘Mourinho out’ and they boo me and so on. It shows they don’t read papers or they don’t have short memories. If they don’t read papers they support me. If they don’t have short memories, they support me.
Up next for Mourinho’s Chelsea is a London derby at Stamford Bridge on Saturday against Arsenal, who had a contrasting start to their European campaign after losing in Zagreb.
Despite Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City all starting the Premier League season well, a contrast to Chelsea’s Premier League campaign thus far; all three lost their opening Champions League fixture, unlike the Blues.
And Mourinho believes the mood around the training ground in Cobham will be a much happier one, as they prepare for this weekend.
For all of us to wake up [on Thursday] after a defeat, to go to Cobham again, to train again after a defeat, two days before a derby against Arsenal, I could imagine how difficult it would be for everyone.
